The gloves are off: those who support Trump openly and effectively are being persecuted.  The academics (including me) who signed a letter of support for Trump are dismissed as “hacks” by a New York Times columnist touted as a conservative (see this rebuttal).  Those without tenure will pay a heavy price in the future. Non-academics are not exempt, of course.  The intellectual and cultural establishment has ways of getting to them.  Scott Adams, the creator of “Dilbert” and an out of the closet Trump supporter, explains how even a well-to-do famous cartoonist can be made to pay a heavy price: This weekend I got “shadowbanned” on Twitter. It lasted until my followers noticed and protested. Shadowbanning prevents my followers from seeing my tweets and replies, but in a way that is not obvious until you do some digging. Why did I get shadowbanned? Beats me. But it was probably because I asked people to tweet me...(Read Full Post)